Sales, Revenue, and Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers for January through September

Total U.S. Electric Power Industry

Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers(million kWh)

Revenue from Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers (million dollars)

Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers (cents/kWh)

Sector

September 2016 YTD

September 2015 YTD

Percentage Change

September 2016 YTD

September 2015 YTD

Percentage Change

September 2016 YTD

September 2015 YTD

Percentage Change

Residential

1,092,645

1,100,399

-0.7%

137,411

139,456

-1.5%

12.58

12.67

-0.7%

Commercial

1,033,393

1,037,992

-0.4%

107,441

111,134

-3.3%

10.40

10.71

-2.9%

Industrial

708,272

746,540

-5.1%

47,991

52,211

-8.1%

6.78

6.99

-3.0%

Transportation

5,640

5,777

-2.4%

538

589

-8.6%

9.54

10.19

-6.4%

All Sectors

2,839,951

2,890,709

-1.8%

293,381

303,390

-3.3%

10.33

10.50

-1.6%

YTD = Year to Date
NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error.
W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Coal generation and consumption includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, refined coal, synthetic coal, and coal-derived synthesis gas.
Petroleum Liquids includes distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, kerosene, propane, and waste oil.
Petroleum Coke includes petroleum coke and synthesis gas derived from petroleum coke.
Natural gas includes a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately.
Other Gases includes blast furnace gas and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels.
Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels include wood, black liquor, and other wood waste.
Other Biomass includes biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, and other biomass.
Coal stocks include anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, refined coal, and synthetic coal; waste coal is excluded.
Sales of electricity to ultimate customers and net generation may not correspond exactly for a particular month for a variety of reasons (e.g., sales data may include imported electricity).
Net generation is presented for the calendar month while sales of electricity to ultimate customers and associated revenue accumulate from bills collected for periods of time that vary depending
upon customer class and consumption occurring during and outside the calendar month.
Note: Values for 2016 are preliminary. Values for 2015 are final. Percentage change is calculated before rounding.
See technical notes for additional information including more on the Commercial, Industrial, and Transportation sectors.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-826, 'Monthly Electric Sales and Revenue With State Distributions Report.'
U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, 'Power Plant Operations Report.'